Stand placement, no scouting, two options:

[TXUSMC]

You can put your bow stand at a stock tank that has tree cover or in a thick section of cover off a dry creek bed, no feeding in either location, which do you choose and why?

[rut-ro]

Stock tank. Critters gotta drink and I like watching the variety of animals come to get a drink

[toledo]

Creek bed. It might be a travel corridor. Never had much luck hunting water for deer.

[ccbrown50]

Stock tank for sure.

[Kmart49]

I like the creek bed as a travel corridor.

[JayB]

Can you set it on the trail from the dry creek that leads to the stock tank?

[flywise]

My most productive stand i have is on a dry creek bed. Lots of travel on that creek
Stock tanks might produce many more mosquitoes than the average location

[Greenheadless]

How much water is available in the area?

[breederbuck33]

I put a game cam on a water trough on a new place we got on in February. This place is in Uvalde, and doesn't have any water tanks other than the cattle troughs. I was stupid excited to see what animals we were going to get on that camera because of the water. When I checked the camera I was shocked at the lack of activity. We got a little rain here and there, and I guess the deer in Uvalde just don't need water or something. I got pics of a bunch of hogs, a few deer, and cows. The feeder cams were much more productive. That being said, I'd be hunting the creek bed as a travel route.

[Hart8]

I put a game cam on a water trough on a new place we got on in February. This place is in Uvalde, and doesn't have any water tanks other than the cattle troughs. I was stupid excited to see what animals we were going to get on that camera because of the water. When I checked the camera I was shocked at the lack of activity. We got a little rain here and there, and I guess the deer in Uvalde just don't need water or something. I got pics of a bunch of hogs, a few deer, and cows. The feeder cams were much more productive. That being said, I'd be hunting the creek bed as a travel route.

Our place near Eden was the same way.I had a rifle blind near the only tank on the place.Never saw a deer come to it.I hunted it daylight to dark,several times.

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[GarGuy]

Is the weather wet or dry? Can I get in or out of either with the wind blowing away from the direction they will likely come? Best cover? Corn pile?

[N.DaWoods]

It depends on where the property is located.

[jnd1959]

Get a hang n hunt and hunt whichever the wind works best.

[Johnny44]

Thickest cover on the way to stock tank. I’ve found wind mostly irrelevant for hunting purposes where “scent” is concerned. I’ve killed animals where I just took a crap and I use my own urine for mock scrapes.

I do find that wind makes a difference in how the deer move.

[Hoss163]

Travel corridor on the creek is your best bet . During Deer season Deer seldom drink out of a Dug out stock tank unless it is a very dry hot season. Find where they cross that creek area and set up on it .